novella royale

my friend katie (who always introduces me to amazing things!)... introduced me to not only this brand, but also mary who is behind this brand. i only met her briefly at a tradeshow a while back, when she was first starting this line, but i remember how much i loved her bag (one of her own) that day. i'm not only in love with everything she has in her store... but also the concept. from the website:

novella royale was inspired by the concept of designing luxury handbags without creating waste from new materials. the leather from each bag is hand cut from vintage jackets, making each piece a one-of-a-kind color, distressing and seaming. in addition to using only recycled leather, each bag is lined with organic fabric and hand made in los angeles. reduce re-use recycle. 

some of the pieces... 

ps - i love the images she finds and puts on her blog.